This blog is to keep you updated with what is going on
with the Living Stones program in Guadalajara, Northeast Brazil. If this is your first time hearing about
Living Stones, or you would like a quick refresh, here is a quick look at the
program:
Living Stones serves impoverished children.
We work with many street children (a term used for both market children--who work in the
streets and live with their families--and homeless street children--who work, live and sleep in the
streets, often lacking contact with their families: Casa Alianza, Worldwide
Statistics, Sept. 2000) and at-risk children who apply for help and welfare
assistance in the urban context, and generally impoverished children in rural
context.
Each child is individual, as well as their story and
needs, whether they are temporarily or permanently in need. For most of these
children, the meal they receive at Living Stones is the only hot meal they will
have all day. We help them scholastically and nutritionally, enabling them to
go to school instead of spending that time begging/working for food.
Living Stones is located in Northeast Brazil with World Renewal Brazil.
Working under the ministry of World Renewal Brazil (http://www.wribrazil.com/), Living Stones
is a program individually connected with and under its respective church to serve the children in their
community.
Living Stones is a
community outreach and church planting ministry.
We work with churches who desire to either 1. Begin a new
church plant, or 2. Expand their church ministry within their community. We
come alongside our brothers and sisters in Brazil to help train them and give
them the resources to make a lasting difference in their community.
Through the week = Living Stones
On Sundays = A new church plant, or community outreach
Living Stones LENDs: enabling churches to
provide Love, Education, Nutrition, and Direction
Each Living Stone program is set up to help their
community in the best way possible. Some are full-time programs, serving two
groups per day, in conjunction with the school system. One group goes to school
in the morning, 1:00-4:00pm Living Stones (lunch and classes), and the other
group comes 8-11am Living Stones (classes and then lunch), and goes to school
in the afternoon. Some Living Stones are half-day programs, some are in conjunctions with Glory Sports
ministries, and some are on the weekends.
You can help
Living Stones LEND by giving a HAND
The cost of the Living Stones program is approximately $1
a day per child. Please pray about supporting a child with a monthly donation
of $30 (www.wribrazil.com/foundationbuilder)
Once 60 people are committed, we can begin to plant a new Living Stones program
and church in a community.
